Removing author link title attributes in WordPress 7.0
How WordPress 7.0 handles author link title attributes: the archive link drops its title by default, and core author functions gain a parameter to toggle the tooltip.
Category: Accessibility
Streaming content interfaces that don’t fight the user
Appending text to a container is the easy part. This post covers the scroll flag that stops snap-back, batching renders to keep layout shift down, ARIA live regions for screen readers, and cleaning up after a broken stream.
CSS contrast-color(): let the browser pick readable text
The CSS contrast-color() function returns black or white text for whatever background color a user picks. How the syntax works, why the @supports fallback still matters, and the cases it does not cover.
Streaming UI stability: fixing scroll jumps and layout shifts
Streaming interfaces jump around and drag the scrollbar back to the bottom. What fixes it: tracking whether the user scrolled away, batching renders into the animation frame, and marking the container up as an ARIA log region.
Why production-ready prototyping keeps breaking sites
Recruiters now expect designers to ship production code out of AI agents. Here is what that costs in practice: toggles no screen reader can see, XSS holes in generated forms, duplicated code, and engineers spending more time per pull request cleaning up after it.
Session timeout accessibility, and who it locks out
A 15-minute session with no warning is a wall for anyone who needs longer to fill in a form. What WCAG 2.2.1 asks for, why the auth_cookie_expiration filter on its own is not enough, and how I handle warnings and auto-save.
Owned digital assets and the WhatsApp business that vanished
A client ran her entire business through WhatsApp until the account was blocked on a Tuesday. What owned digital assets mean in practice, and why Brazil’s first Automattic partner writes WordPress.com into its contracts.
Testing font scaling at 200% with Figma variables
Alt tags do not save a layout that falls apart at 150% zoom. Setting up Figma variable modes for 100, 120, 150 and 200 percent, seeing what breaks when you toggle them, and the rem-based CSS that keeps the scaling honest.
Accessible UX Research: why a WCAG checklist is not enough
A look at Accessible UX Research, the new Smashing Magazine book by Dr. Michele Williams, and why passing a WCAG checklist is not the same as being usable. Includes the nav menu ARIA fix I keep applying to custom themes.
Popover API vs Dialog API: how to pick the right one
Popover API and Dialog API solve different problems: one is for light non-modal UI, the other for true modals that block the page. This post breaks down when to use each, with working code.